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Mar 16, 2015
sarahg
29 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Cyborg Times (new BG meter) Hi guys , iam still ordering the 2 sensors at a time as the subscription is still not up and runningHas anyone found there arms are getting a bit sore now after using these for a few months now? I have found that my arms appear to be a little sore now and have had a bit of a break for a few days while on holiday , but back on the sensor now. I think this kit is still great but a little worried about the bruises and soreness iam getting. |
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Mar 16, 2015
torana
53 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Cyborg Times (new BG meter) hi marke, I have found your use of the sensor very informative. There are no sensors on the market yet in Australia so your trial is worthwhile as a precursor of what's to come. |
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Mar 16, 2015
torana
53 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Cyborg Times (new BG meter) hi marke, I have found your use of the sensor very informative. There are no sensors on the market yet in Australia so your trial is worthwhile as a precursor of what's to come. |
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Mar 16, 2015
Simon
578 posts
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As far as I can see there is no subscription available, they have probably thought it may be a good idea for the future but won't get round to doing it. Regarding VAT during the checkout process you tick a box to certify that you are VAT exempt for the sensors and it is automatically taken off. Although the sensor limit is 2 per order I must say delivery has been pretty fast when I do order them. |
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Mar 15, 2015
Yumphee
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Topic: General Discussion / Travel Insurance Hello friends !The trick is to shop around. It is quite easy with the tools available in this day and age. I use these for car, home and, just now, for travel insurance. gocompare, confused.com, moneysupermarket. Only took a quote from gocompare and have been quoted 33 to 230 Pounds for single trip (family). The best among them is a five star rated quote for 65 quid. Not bad ?! I'll post further if I get anything better. Tried Tesco too but (despite having a clubcard) was quoted 160/- quids. Atrocious isn't it ?! Another port of call for me is moneysavingexpert.com. Good luck. God Bless you all. |
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Mar 15, 2015
marke
681 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Cyborg Times (new BG meter) Is anyone actually getting any sensors from Abbot on subscription, their website continues with its usual high standards On a related note are you paying full price ? or without the VAT as you should be, obviously the link on the Abbot site doesn't work and they don't make it clear but as Type 1 diabetics you DO NOT pay VAT on the sensors since they are specific to your condition and you do not pay VAT on any Diabetes equipment. Their FAQ says the price DOES include VAT and therefore you can be exempt from this. In theory they should ask for evidence of your diabetes but I wouldn't be shocked to find they don't. I would be interested if anyone has tried to get the VAT back and obviously if the subscription actually works. I have not signed up for it as yet since so many people were indicating they were not producing enough sensors. |
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Mar 12, 2015
Neville COL
23 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Retinopathy & Lucentis injections. Think that by comparison with you Faulty, I was lucky in that the hospital in Norwich had very good diabetic services! Due to the fact that I only have one fully functioning eye ( the left eye doesn t focus) has meant that the eye doctors keep a proper look out for me.....Since I moved to Colchester the same care has been taken. Its sad that care is so variable...... |
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Mar 11, 2015
Faulty Headl...
18 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Retinopathy & Lucentis injections. I have diabetes retinopathy as well as a few other eye problems, all stemming from that though, I had the lucentus injection in one eye and unfortunitly ended up with one of the worst side effects and got a detached retina. I am completely blind in both eyes now. Not once did my diabetes clinic check my eyes in all the years I was with them, yet my sis is at same clinic and I remember her having hers tested. Hmmm. My sight went completely within a year of my own optician first picking up on the condition and he tested every 6months to a year. |
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Mar 9, 2015
dunkers7
24 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Erratic BG Sorry to hear you've had problems with hypo's.I wonder if that morning BI is actually too much, since you say you find your BG dropping low by late evening? As you know Levemir works at it's peak during the first 12 hours, but it's duration is longer, around 18 hours I think (from memory, don't quote me on it). The only way to really know this is to test the BI, after lunch time looks to be the best time in your case, and means QA insulin won't be causing too much noise to see what the BI is doing. This may of course lead to higher BG initially and the need to change QA ratio as a result, but long term if it's going to be safer for you and make it easier to correct high BGs, I think it's worth digging into. I think you're doing the right thing to play it safe with the overnight one for now. It can take a while to get it right as changes generally need to be made gradually. Any questions, fire away. |
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Mar 9, 2015
stephenbrowne
37 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Erratic BG Hi Steve,Sorry to hear yluhave had so much trouble. I am very sympathetic to the problems you have experienced. I wonder what time you take your metformin. As you know, one's insulin resistance tends to rise for a while in the early morning, say 3 a.m. and metformin can help to improve one's fasting sugar if taken in the evening. I wonder if you would tolerate 2x 500mg in the evening. The advantages of adjusting this is that it does not tend to cause hypoglycaemia. It reduces the release of glucose from the liver at night. Of course, you would need to check with your medical advisers before making any such changes. I note you are on a rather high dose of levothyroxine which acn affect one's blood sugar levels. The usual maximal dose is 200mcg daily. I know Epilim induces liver enzymes which may increase the rate of destruction of certain medications but I was not aware that levothyroxine requires a high dose on Epilim. A few years ago I found it almost impossible to get basal levels right even adjusting by 1/2 unit levemir at night going from one extreme to another, but I've been much better on an insulin pump. Hopefully you will manage to get the adjustments right with patience. Every good wish, S. |
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Mar 9, 2015
Sheffield_Steve
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Topic: General Discussion / Erratic BG Hi all,I completed the DAFNE course in December, and, after a LONG time of having high BG's, was amazed to finally have BG's in the normal range. There were the few lows which i expected, and indeed which the HCP said would be a normal reaction to the changes in regime. However, just after finishing the course, i had a severe hypo, which led to my partner administering the glucogon injection, and for the next few weeks, a super tight monitoring regime (usually 10+ tests per day) Even after decreasing my BI at morning and night, and doing 1:1 for all meals of QA, i found i still dropped in the night-time, but then after treating, would wake up with super highs. Wanting to sort this, i dropped my evening meal to 1/2:1 which resulted in a higher BG at night, (usually 9 or 10) but still waking on a high (usually 15+) to remedy this, i increased the night-time BI by 1 unit first, then another unit, which seemed to hold it better, but then i had another severe hypo, this time with a seizure, which resulted in hospitalisation. Needless to say, after this, i was scared to go to bed on anything below 9 or 10, as this is what it crashed from before, but this almost always resulted in the super highs each morning, which wouldn't respond to corrective all day, and then plummeted in the evenings. I saw my HCP who fitted a libre FGM and altered my insulin to the below. Morning BI (Levemir) 16u Breakfast QA (Humalog) 1 1/2:1 Lunch QA (Humalog) 1:1 Dinner QA (Humalog) 1:1 Bed BI (Levemir) 9u I'm now finding that the morning BG is usually high but tends to reach normal levels around lunch time, rises up again by mid afternoon/evening, but then drops low by late evening, which if treated as a hypo, takes a while to raise (even with lucozade it takes 15-20 minutes to raise by 0.2 -0.5) I'm also on other medication for various things, not too sure if these could affect BG (apart from Metformin obviously) Metformin 500mg 1x daily Epilim 500mg 1x daily Levothyroxine 300mcg Does anyone have any ideas / tips on what i can try to get these BG's within the target range all the time? Thank you all, |
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Mar 9, 2015
Neville COL
23 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Retinopathy & Lucentis injections. I am awaiting my call up from GP for this years Hb1c, which hopefully will break the 8 barrier which I ve stuck on for last few years. I m hopeful.......My experience in the 1970s was much the same as yours! |
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Mar 8, 2015
pablo123
4 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Retinopathy & Lucentis injections. I hope it is working well for you |
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Mar 8, 2015
pablo123
4 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Retinopathy & Lucentis injections. For 18 years i did not keep any records of BG, And the information i received early on with regards to carbs ect was totally misguided and my only form of control was judged by eye on a daily basis. I have not even tested for Ketones for about 10-12 years. |
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Mar 8, 2015
Neville COL
23 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Retinopathy & Lucentis injections. Funny story: when I was first diagnosed,(1973)I was promised the BMA book on diabetes by my consultant: I eventually got the book 5 years ago after I purchased it from the chemists Apart from this the only info I had about diabetes til DAFNE came along was dire warnings about kidney failure/eye damage, as I was nt keeping sufficient record of urine/blood tests: DAFNE was a real 'reboot' but sadly for some less talked about side effects (erectile dysfunction) too late! 
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Mar 8, 2015
pablo123
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Topic: General Discussion / Retinopathy & Lucentis injections. Thankyou for your response Neville, After doing the Dafne course last week i do truly believe the benefits from this concept of diabetes is going to change my life now. I do genuinely wish that when people become a diabetic - Health care professionals would explain a lot more about complications in later life as some of the issues that i have experienced could have been avoided much earlier (I don't mean to sound like i am passing the book) but in this circumstance i definitely think knowledge is power. |
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Mar 8, 2015
Neville COL
23 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Retinopathy & Lucentis injections. I was warned of eye issues from diagnosis in 1973 but managed to avoid any problems beyond short-sightedness until about 2009 when there was a bit of blood vessel growth in my left eye which required a few zaps of the laser. Prior to DAFNE, had a few sessions on my right eye (about 1 year pre DAFNE) but not enough to challenge my driving licence, although I did have to do a peripheral vision test at Swansea's behest! At my last eye appointment ( first post DAFNE) received high praise from consultant as to the state of my right eye, so it seems good control is of benefit! Its kinda important for me to have a good right eye as the left has been useless since a squint correction in the early 1960s, pre diabetes! I m possibly quite lucky with my eyes, though prior to the last lot of laser, I did find night driving a little irritating.....beyond that no problems..... |
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Mar 7, 2015
pablo123
4 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Retinopathy & Lucentis injections. Hi, I have had a lot of problems with my eyes over the past 4-5 years due to very poor control at an early stage of my diabetes, I would like to see what other diabetics have experienced and what side effects people have experienced as i have had some serious ones. |
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Mar 6, 2015
GWM
10 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Diabetes Art Machine Hi,You can now submit something to the Diabetes Art Machine Project on this thread or find it on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Diabetes-Art-Machine/1430317253925554 You can see an some of the of the Machine's work so far: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0K95r2gDuY8 Thanks, Gareth |
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Mar 5, 2015
EMS
15 posts
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Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Juicing veg @dunkers7 thanks for your reply.I did consider the BI running out, but I tend to take that before bed, so at around 11.00, and also that it could be the so-called 'dawn phenomenon' - it has happened in the past, but only up by a couple of points, not double. I'm now convinced now that its the vegetable juice. I was 6.8 this morning when I woke up, I made the juice and after 30 mins I was up at 12.9. Juice was 3 sticks of celery, half a carrot, half a fennel bulb, a small yellow pepper, some ginger and a squeeze of lemon. I posted the same comment on another site and someone came back to me saying that by stripping out the fiber I'm 'freeing' the sugars. I think they have a point and plan to do some research into this when I have a moment. I'm going to move to green smoothies asap - my blender is being repaired so I'll start as soon as I get that back - and see how it goes. If this theory is correct, then by blending and keeping the fibers in the drink the impact on my sugars should be much lower. Pity though, I thought I was doing something good for my health, but turns out it was quite the opposite ....  |
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Mar 5, 2015
Warwick
423 posts
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Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Juicing veg Just posting so I get notified when this thread gets updated. I am interested. |
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Mar 4, 2015
dunkers7
24 posts
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Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Juicing veg Do you get a rising blood glucose if you're not having the veg juice first thing?I wonder if it really is the veg juice that's causing this, or perhaps BI starting to run out after 07:00 for example? If you try not having the veg juice one morning, you'd isolate what's going on so you can act appropriately. If lack of BI isn't the cause, maybe you just need to take QA for the veg juice at that time in the morning when you're in a fasted state. Some folks on here have recently mentioned in other threads seeing an increase in BG if eating protein for example. |
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Mar 4, 2015
Simon
578 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Health App Challenge Plymouth Univeristy are currently running a health app challenge focused on young people creating apps for diabetes. They'd like to get feedback on the developed apps and if you submit a review you're entered in a prize draw for £200! If you'd like to help out young people with diabetes then head on over to http://www.diabetesappchallenge.org.uk and review the apps marked with the black stars (and say something nice about our own app whilst you're there too )
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Mar 4, 2015
Garry
328 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Trying to lose weight? I'm like you Marke with a bag of peanuts...can't resist emptying the bag once started. They always have a drastic effect upon my BGs and I have seen BGs of 13+ after over-indulging. As a consequence, I try to avoid buying them.....Get thee behind me temptation Regards Garry |